Print Description
Original antique master print showing a woman sitting with a basket with eggs next to her, counting.
Made by A. Cardon after B. Westall.
Medium: Stipple engraving / etching with hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 57.5 x 46 cm (22.64 x 18.11 inch). Image size: 22.5 x 30.5 cm. (8.86 x 12.01 inch).
Condition: fair, given age. Plate cropped and cut into plate mark, mounted on thich paper sheet. Paper browned with some foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
CALCULATION-WOMAN-BASKET-EGGS-COUNTING | DPO-A2-003-27
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in Britain 1798.
Biography engraver: Antoine Alexandre Joseph Cardon (1739-1822), also known as Cardon the elder to distinguish him from his son Anthony Cardon, was a Belgian painter, portraitist and engraver. He was a highly enthusiastic member of Freemasonry.
Biography artist: Richard Westall (1765 ? 1836) was an English painter and illustrator of portraits, historical and literary events, best known for his portraits of Byron. He was also Queen Victoria’s drawing master.
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